| People v Medina-Hidalgo |
| 2025 NYSlipOp 06916 [244 AD3d 545] |
| December 11, 2025 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Joseph Medina-Hidalgo, Appellant. |
Twyla Carter, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Steven Berko of counsel), for appellant.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Laurie Peterson, J.), rendered November 15, 2019, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of three years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of vacating the surcharge and fees imposed at sentencing, and otherwise affirmed.
Based on our own interest of justice powers, we vacate the surcharge and fees imposed on defendant at sentencing (see People v Chirinos, 190 AD3d 434, 435 [1st Dept 2021]). We note that the People do not oppose this relief. Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Gesmer, González, Shulman, O'Neill Levy, JJ.